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- 711: A Review of "To Build A Fire"
- ... the man was to come upon serious danger, the dog would not be eager to offer itself for help. Not being concerned with anything remotely imaginative, the man put himself in a position to expect death. His selfishness and ignorance keeps him in an array of danger and disaster. The climax point of the story, London causes the man to fall through the ice and wet himself up to his knees ... the dog grew fearful of the man sensing a danger it had never experienced before. Losing all sensation in his hands, the man quickly realized he could not kill the dog. “A certain fear of death, dull and oppressive, came to him. This fear quickly became poignant as he realized that it was no longer a mere matter of freezing his fingers and toes, or losing his hands and feet, but that it was a matter of life and death with the chances against him.” Without a doubt, the man now realized that this place had already defeated him. Panicking, the man ran around with great effort, for the last time trying to change ...
- 712: How Did Mao Change The Face Of
- ... after the 1940s (except perhaps during the Cultural Revolution) the crucial decisions were not his alone. Nevertheless, looking at the whole period from the foundation of the Chinese Socialist Party in 1921 to Mao's death in 1976, one can fairly regard Mao Zedong as the principal architect of the new China. Recovery from War 1949-52 In 1949 China's economy was suffering from the debilitating effects of decades of ... 60 to 70 percent of farm families that previously owned little or no land. Most of the big land plot possessing farmers, the warlords, who formerly had been extremely strong were sentenced to a cruel death. Once land reform was completed in an area, farmers were encouraged to cooperate in some phases of production through the formation of small "mutual aid teams" of six or seven households each. Thirty-nine percent ... of strangers where she was subordinate to her mother-in-law. Far fewer women were educated than men, and sketchy but consistent demographic evidence would seem to show that female infants and children had higher death rates and less chance of surviving to adulthood than males. In extreme cases, female infants were the victims of infanticide, and daughters were sold, as chattels, to brothels or to wealthy families. Bound feet, ...
- 713: Abortion: Who Really Cares
- Abortion: Who Really Cares Life or Death: Who Chooses? In Roman times, abortion and the destruction of unwanted children was permissible, but as out civilization has aged, it seems that such acts were no longer acceptable by rational human beings, so that ... he does not like the taste. By 16 weeks it is obvious to all, except those who have eyes but deliberately do not see, that this is a young human being. Who chooses life or death for this little one because abortion is the taking of a human life? This fact is undeniable; however much of the members of the Women's Liberation Movement, the new Feminists, Dr. Henry Morgentaler or ... negotiable. It is easy to be concerned with the welfare of those we know and love, while regarding everybody else as less important and somehow, less real. Most people would rather have heard of the death of thousands in the Honduras flooding disaster than of a serious accident involving a close friends or favourite relatives. That is why some are less disturbed by the slaughter of thousands of unborn children ...
- 714: Mrs Dalloway
- ... explores how female and male polarities in the text are resolved in images of androgyny. Instead of metaphor and metonymy, Caroline Webb examines the ``anti-allegorical'' nature of the text (Webb 279). In ``Life After Death: The Allegorical Progress of Mrs. Dalloway,'' she argues that the narrative invites us to look for a ``hidden story,'' but ultimately frustrates our expectations (Webb 279). Focussing on the narrator as a specifically created presence ... sang, among the orchids. (70) The word time is not a signifier for a single fixed ``truth.'' It is pregnant with ``riches''--with moment and memory, present, past, and future, even with Evans and with death. In order to pour its riches over Septimus, however, time must become sub-linguistic. The word has to split its husk, then new, better, ``imperishable,'' autonomous words can attach themselves to an immortal ode. Autocratic ... June, the intricate rhythms of the narrative have long been plunging and pausing, intersecting and diverging. Clarissa and Septimus each present powerful rhythms in the text, hers building to her party, his plunging to his death. In the moments preceding his suicide, Septimus's life shapes itself into pleasant peaceful rhythms. Sewing, Rezia makes ``a sound like a kettle on the hob; bubbling, murmuring'' (143); her words ``bubbled away drip, ...
- 715: Hemingway
- ... left eye (resentfully inherited from his mother). On his first day of service across seas, he and other ambulance drivers were assigned the horrific duty of picking up body parts from an exploded munitions factory. Death, mostly of women, on such a scale was most definitely another very shocking moment in Hemingway's young life. But he soon recovered from this experience and became known as the man who was always ... the Pamplona bull run and the famous San Fermin July Fiesta. He would later write several books and short stories about bull fighting and the many events that surround this tragic ritual. Among these are Death in the Afternoon and The Dangerous Summer. Quickly after Patrick's birth, they moved on to what would remain Hemingway's only true residence in the United States-- Key West, Florida. It was there that ... tragedy struck Ernest. His father, struggling with diabetes and angina pectoris, had put a bullet through his head. Hemingway was very ashamed of this. He had always felt that life was for the testing of death. Suicide was the surrendering of life to death. This was forbidden in his code of courage. From that day on, Ernest turned his back on his father. 1929 marked the release of A Farewell ...
- 716: China Between The Fall Of The KMT and Mao Tse-Tung's Death
- China Between The Fall Of The KMT and Mao Tse-Tung's Death The time from 1949-1976 was a time of transition for China. Many social and economic changes occurred through this period. When the Kuomintang government collapsed and Mao Tse-Tung assumed control, this marked the ... was restored, foreign relations was vastly improved. The People's Republic of China was admitted into the United Nations in 1971. The time period between the fall of the KMT and Mao Tse-Tung's death was an era of revolutionary transition into a nation for the people. At one point nearly leading into a civil war. The key developments that occurred during this span were greatly significant in shaping China ...
- 717: Hamlet - Revenge Was Not An Ac
- ... attributed to the outside guidance they receive. Fortinbras, son of the slain King of Norway, is the first to seek revenge. Although King Hamlet, the now deceased King of Denmark, held sole responsibility for the death of King Fortinbras, young Prince Fortinbras seeks vengeance toward the entire country of Denmark. Horatio, a friend of Hamlet’s, said, “As it doth well appear unto our state, but to recover of us by ... in fact, kill his father Hamlet defers making plans to act out his revenge. Hamlet is the hardest of the three sons to be influenced to act vengefully. Although deeply sorrowed by his father’s death, he did not consider payback as an option until he meets with the ghost of his father. The ghost tells Hamlet King Claudius, his own brother, murdered him. The ghost then tells Hamlet “to revenge ... makes that deadly mistake. Laertes puts the least amount of thought into his revenge and is the most easily influenced of the three sons. He confronts Claudius at once after hearing about his father, Polonius’, death. Claudius tells Laertes Hamlet slew his father. Laertes vows to kill Hamlet by saying, “Let come what comes, only I’ll be revenged most thoroughly for my father,” (IV.v.135-136). When King ...
- 718: Death of a Salesman: Willy's Life
- Death of a Salesman: Willy's Life Death of a Salesman tells the story of every American father who wanted nothing but the best for himself, and his family. This is not non stop excitement, but it is something we can all relate ...
- 719: Death of A Salesman: Willy
- Death of A Salesman: Willy Charley says something in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman that sums up Willy's whole life. He asks him, "When the hell are you going to grow up?" Willy's spends his entire life in an illusion. He sees himself as ...
- 720: Death of A Salesman: Failure vs. Success
- Death of A Salesman: Failure vs. Success The The book Death of a Salesman, is written by Arthur Miller. It takes place at Willy Loman’s - A 63 year old once popular salesman who’s lost his popularity and sales, not to mention his mind, small ...
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